Why is it called "Spring Festival" when the first day of the Lunar New Year is clearly not in spring?
19 13 1 year1October 2 1 day, Zhu Qiqian, Minister of Interior of Beiyang Government, submitted Four Proposals to Yuan Shikai. The article said: "The first day of the Lunar New Year is the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival is the summer festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the autumn festival, and the winter solstice is the winter festival." After reading it, Yuan Shikai agreed. On 23rd, the Ministry of Internal Affairs took 1 Gregorian calendar as New Year's Day and the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival. This is why "New Year's Day" was renamed as "Spring Festival". This is actually to prove that you are different. This idea has continued to this day. In many places, as long as a new official takes office, the predecessor will be removed. Why?
The "spring" of "Spring Festival" really means spring, but this spring is spring in the sense of the lunar calendar. The word "January Day" appeared in the sixth month of Meng Chunyue, and the first day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, so the "Spring Festival" actually originated from the first day of Meng Chun. We actually have a problem. New Year's Day corresponds to Lantern Festival. How can we solve the problem? Personally, I feel that the calendar implemented in ancient times has gone through thousands of years. Why change it here?
After the change, why is it a combination of Chinese and western? Are you sure you can do it? Therefore, it is suggested that the leaders and staff of these cultural departments should not make anything vulgar. Please take a good look at how to combine the ancient lunar calendar with our daily life now. This is the cultural department we need, not the cultural department staring at vulgar things and saying no after reading them. You have to delete it!
Do you think it's okay to restore the original calendar?